SIParCS Undergraduate Student Internships

Position Type:
Term - Casual (Fixed Term) Visa Sponsored Job:
No Relocation Assistance Eligible:
No Hiring Range:
Hiring Hourly Rate: $23.41/hr
* Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, and skills relevant to the role.

Final date to receive applications at 11:59pm Mountain Time on:

The Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) program at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers graduate students and undergraduates who have completed their sophomore year significant hands‑on R&D opportunities in high‑performance computing (HPC) and related fields that use HPC for scientific discovery and modeling. This program embeds students as summer interns in the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL), an organization within NSF NCAR charged with provisioning supercomputing and data systems to the geosciences research community, as well as conducting research and development in computational science, data analysis, scientific visualization and numerical modeling.

These twin roles of service and research in CISL support NSF NCAR's broad scientific mission of discovery in the atmospheric and related sciences.

The 2027 summer internships are 11 weeks in duration. Applicants must be available to work 40 hours per week from May 17, 2027 through July 30, 2027 for participation in the program. NSF NCAR has 3 unpaid holidays for interns during the summer internship (Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day).

Program requirements, beyond working on projects, include attending appropriate technical seminars, attending skills-enhancing workshops, preparing a poster, and giving an oral presentation of results at the end of the summer.

For Summer 2027, we are planning for an in‑person internship program where interns come on‑site to our Boulder, Colorado campuses and meetings may be held in person or hybridly over Zoom or Google Meet.

Final date to receive applications:

• This position will be posted until 11:59 pm MST on Tuesday, January 19, 2027.

Personal Statement, Questionnaire, Resume/CV, Unofficial Transcripts Submit all required application materials by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on the deadline. Only candidates with complete applications (including questionnaires, when required) will be considered.

We recognize that no candidate will meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you believe your background has prepared you for success in this role, we encourage you to apply.

Candidates selected for hire will complete background checks and/or federal screenings.

Here is a brief summary of what one would expect to be generally responsible for in this role.

As a SIParCS intern, you will:

• Conduct original research under the guidance of your science mentor;
• Give a presentation based on your research;
• Participate professionally in all SIParCS activities

Project Descriptions by Title (Detailed project descriptions can be found here: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

• Project 01. Enhancing the user experience for MELODIES MONET
• Project 02. NA-CORDEX - Actionable science for water resource practitioners
• Project 03. Scalable High Resolution Data Assimilation
• Project 04. Translating Science:
  Building Community and Use Cases for UXarray
• Project 05. What are CREDIT Emulators Learning?

Successful candidates will ensure their application materials speak to the following criteria:

Education and Experience:

• Must currently be enrolled in a U.S. university.
• Must be an undergraduate who has completed their freshman year.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. to be eligible for the SIParCS program.
• For F visa students accepted to the SIParCS program, CPT work authorization issued through a U.S.…